Average Sunshine in Italy for January

The tables below give January averages for the hours of sunshine and number of sunny days at dozens of cities and vacation spots throughout Italy.

The numbers for hours of sunshine a place gets this month are averages from 1961 to 1990. These data are available for only some locations.

The monthly totals of days with sun are averages of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000. These are counts of the days when at least half the sky is clear of cloud. The morning figure is for 7 am and the evening is for 7 pm local time, Central European Time.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Northeast, Northwest, Central , South and Italy's Mediterranean Islands.

Northeastern Italy

This section takes in the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. Three weather stations on the list are located at over 2000 metres (6560 feet) elevation: Paganella and Passo Rolle in the Dolomites and Monte Cimone of the Apennine Mountains.

Total January sunshine

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
78	Bologna	12	12
102	Bolzano	17	19
	Cervia	11	12
118	Monte Cimone	16	16
	Paganella	19	18
	Passo Rolle	20	19
	Rimini	11	12
	Tarvisio	17	17
96	Trieste	14	13
81	Venice (Venezia)	13	14
	Verona	12	12
	Vicenza	14	14

Northwestern Italy

The cities here are in the regions of Liguria, Lombardy (Lombardia) and Piedmont.

Average amount of sun in January

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bergamo	15	14
	Brescia	11	12
118	Genoa (Genova)	15	14
59	Milan (Milano)	9	13
112	Turin (Torino)	15	17

Central Italy

The regions of central Italy include Lazio and Tuscany (Toscana) along the west coast, Umbria in the interior and Marche on the east coast. The highest weather station of this group sits at 1875 metres (6150 feet) on Monte Terminillo.

Average January sun

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
90	Ancona	11	21
	Arezzo	13	15
	Civitavecchia	18	17
	Florence (Firenze)	13	14
	Monte Argentario	17	16
105	Monte Terminillo	16	14
	Perugia	13	14
105	Pisa	13	15
	Ponza Island	17	16
	Rome (Roma)	16	16
	Volterra	14	14

Southern Italy

The regions covered here make up Italy's boot, ranging from Abruzzo in the north to Calabria in the south and include Apulia (Puglia), Campania and Molise. Capo Palinuro is in the National Park of Cilento on Italy's west coast.

Number of sunny hours and days in January on average

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bari	16	15
127	Capo Palinuro	15	15
	Foggia	15	15
	Lecce	15	16
115	Naples (Napoli)	16	15
96	Pescara	14	13
	Reggio Calabria	16	15
	Santa Maria di Leuca	15	15
	Termoli	14	14

Mediterranean Islands

The weather data given in this table are for the Italian islands of Sardinia (Sardegna) and Sicily (Sicilia). Also included are two smaller islands: Ustica located north of Sicily, and Pantelleria to the southwest of Sicily.

Average total sunshine in January

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
127	Alghero, Sardinia	18	15
136	Cagliari, Sardinia	17	15
	Catania, Sicily	18	17
115	Messina, Sicily	12	11
	Palermo, Sicily	14	14
124	Pantelleria Island	15	14
133	Ustica Island	15	15